Family eat in restaurants and take food home now more than anytime in history. Because of the high demand many restaurants use plastic and styrofoam to package there take out orders. Even there are cities that recycle styrofoam, much of the packaging end up in the landfill. One way to avoid this is to buy your own reusable containers to bring to the restaurant, that way less restaurant containers are used. Another way to for restaurants to invest in biodegradable containers. For example there are packages that are made of rice, limestone, and potatoes with are all decomposable.